What is the name of the enzyme that synthesizes double-stranded viral DNA from single-stranded RNA?

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11 May 2018
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The enzyme known as Reverse Transcriptase is responsible for converting single-stranded RNA into double-stranded viral DNA. DNAase breaks down DNA, RNAase breaks down RNA, and DNA polymerase synthesizes DNA from a DNA template, not RNA.

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